Flight-Control

Used Flight-Control, development and configruatuion tools


MK FlightCtrl V2.0 (alias FlightCtrl ME)

Attribute Value
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer
External Sensors Navigation board with GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer
Processor ATMEGA644 @20MHz
Sensors GyroScope ADXRS610, ACC: LIS3L02AS4, Presure: MPX4115
Telemetry Jeti and MK-Wi.232 at 868MHz at 32 mW
Weight, Dimensions 38g, 81.5 x 50 x 15.5 mm
Logging MicroSD card on external navigation board
Connection Brushless-Control I2C bus
GCS MikroKopter (closed source)
Special features Telemetry over Jeti.
MK FlightCtrl V2.0
MK 2.1

MK FlightCtrl V2.1

Attribute Value
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer
External Sensors Navigation board with GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer
Processor ATMEGA1284P
Sensors GyroScope ADXRS610 (ev ADXRS620), ACC: LIS3L02AS4, Presure: MPX4115
Telemetry Jeti and MK-Wi.232 at 868MHz at 32 mW
Weight, Dimensions 38g, 81.5 x 50 x 15.5 mm
Logging MicroSD card on external navigation board
Connection Brushless-Control I2C bus
GCS MikroKopter (closed source)
Special features Jeti over Jeti.
MK FlightCtrl V2.1
MK 2.1

APM 2.5 from 3drobotics

Attribute Value
Operating-System ArduCopter based on Arduino
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer
External Sensors GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), voltage and current Sensor
Processor Atmel's ATMEGA2560
Telemetry 433 MHz up to 100mW
Special features Comunication over MAVLINK!
Also ulimited waypoint definition. Completely open-source. Arduino compatible.

APM:Copter Wiki APM Developer APM programming

APM 2.5

APM 2.6 from 3drobotics

Attribute Value
Operating-System ArduCopter based on Arduino
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer
External Sensors GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer, voltage and current Sensor
Processor Atmel's ATMEGA2560
Telemetry 433 MHz up to 100mW
Logging Onboard 4 MP Dataflash chip and on GCS
Connection Brushless-Control 3 pin PPM
GCS QGroundcontrol (on all OS), Missionplaner (windows)
Special features Comunication over MAVLINK!
Also ulimited waypoint definition. Completely open-source. Arduino compatible.

APM:Copter Wiki APM Developer

APM 2.6

Pixhawk from 3drobotics

Attribute Value
Operating-System NuttX RTOS
Internal Sensors L3GD20 3-axis gyro, LSM303D 3-axis 14-bit accelerometer
MS5611 barometer
External Sensors GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer, voltage and current Sensor
Processor 32-bit STM32F427 Cortex M4 core with FPU
168 MHz/256 KB RAM/2 MB Flash
Telemetry 433 MHz up to 100mW
Weight, Dimensions 38g, 81.5 x 50 x 15.5 mm
Logging MicroSD card for long-time high-rate logging
Connection Brushless-Control 3 pin PPM
GCS QGroundcontrol (on all OS), Missionplaner (windows)
Special features Comunication over MAVLINK!
Also ulimited waypoint definition.
PixHwak Manual (rev7) APM programming
Pixhawk

HKPilot32 from hobbyking

This is an other Pixhawk clone

Attribute Value
Operating-System NuttX RTOS
Internal Sensors L3GD20 3-axis gyro, LSM303D 3-axis 14-bit accelerometer
MS5611 barometer
External Sensors GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer, voltage and current Sensor
Processor 32-bit STM32F427 Cortex M4 core with FPU
168 MHz/256 KB RAM/2 MB Flash
Telemetry 433 MHz up to 100mW
Weight, Dimensions 33.1g, 81 x 44 x 15mm
Logging MicroSD card for long-time high-rate logging
Connection Brushless-Control 3 pin PPM
GCS QGroundcontrol (on all OS), Missionplaner (windows)
Special features Comunication over MAVLINK!
Also ulimited waypoint definition.

Notes

First tests show an issue with the internal compass. The offsets are too high. So, the prearm check for the compass has to be disabled.
Manual fly charaterstics are very good.

PixHwak Manual (rev7) APM programming






hkpilot


DroPix V2 from drotek.fr

This is an other Pixhawk clone

Attribute Value
Operating-System NuttX RTOS
Internal Sensors L3GD20 3-axis gyro, LSM303D 3-axis 14-bit accelerometer
MS5611 barometer
External Sensors GPS (uBlox LEA-6H), magnetometer, voltage and current Sensor
Processor 32-bit STM32F427 Cortex M4 core with FPU
168 MHz/256 KB RAM/2 MB Flash
Telemetry 433 MHz up to 100mW
Weight, Dimensions 38g, 67 x 50 mm
Logging MicroSD card for long-time high-rate logging
Connection Brushless-Control 3 pin PPM
GCS QGroundcontrol (on all OS), Missionplaner (windows)
Special features Comunication over MAVLINK!
Also ulimited waypoint definition.

Notes

Not yet tested in an UAV.
Somehow the external Compass seems not to be used. But, mybe this is a configuration issue.

PixHwak Manual (rev7) DroPix V2 Manual APM programming
dropix

cc3D Openpilot Atom Mini

Attribute Value
Mikrocontroller STM32 (128KB Flash, 20KB RAM)
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro and accelerometer (MPU-6000)
External Sensors
Voltage Range
Max Tilt Angle 4
Weight, Dimensions 7g, 38 x 22 x 12 mm
Hovering Accuracy(GPS Mode)
Recommended Transmitter Up to 6 channels
Supported ESC Output 50Hz, 490Hz and OneShot125 refresh frequency [1], [2]
OpenPilot CC3D Guide
cc3D Openpilot Atom Mini

DJI NAZA-M

Attribute Value
Internal Sensors 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer
External Sensors GPS (NEO 6Q), magnetometer
Voltage Range 7.2V - 26.0 V (recommend 2S ~ 6S LiPo)
Max Tilt Angle 45°
Weight, Dimensions 25g, 45.5mm x 31.5mm x 18.5mm
Hovering Accuracy(GPS Mode) Vertical: ±0.8m, Horizontal: ±2.5m
Recommended Transmitter PCM or 2.4GHz with minimum 4 channels
Supported ESC Output 400Hz refresh frequency
DJI NAZA-M
DJI V1